Preview: Redlands East Valley vs. Yucaipa
Redlands East Valley has enjoyed the comforts of home their last two games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will square off against Yucaipa at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
Last Friday, Redlands East Valley narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past Cajon 2-1.
Redlands East Valley was led to victory by the tag-team duo of
Cruz Navarro and
Matthew Thorig, who scored.
Meanwhile, neither Yucaipa nor Beaumont could gain the upper hand on Friday so the two teams had to settle for a 1-1 draw.
Redlands East Valley is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 11-3-2 record this season. As for Yucaipa, their draw moved theirs to 6-7-4.
Redlands East Valley was able to grind out a solid win over Yucaipa in their previous meeting on January 5th, winning 2-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Redlands East Valley since the team won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.